What? Where have you been that you have this kind of opinion?
It's basically the same as reddit: You do have your bubbles, you do have open minded communities, you also have closed minded communities. Your experience is therefore dependend on where you go.
For example: Joining a vegan server to say "meat is great" will lead to a shitshow. But that's not supprising and it's not because Lemmy per se harbors militant people.
Would you not agree that he has a tool of influence with X? I see that as the main aspect of why you'd still buy twitter, even though he knew he wouldn't earn money with that.
Well, and then there is an interview in regard to animal rights, where it seems that he has no clue what he is taking about.
I like him as long as he speaks about astro physics. But sometimes, when he goes into a field that he doesn't know very well........
And why a tattoo? Is this for real?